Corner-post, transom-bar, or mullion.



PATENTED DEG. 4, 1906.

L. VON G'BRIGHTEN, Y CGRNER POST, TRANSOM BAR, 0R MULLION.

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' CORNER-POST, TRANSOM-BAR, OR WIULLION.`

Nr 837,437, Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 16, 1905. Serial No. 255.737.

To a/Z, whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUDWIG VON GERIoH- TEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oorner-Posts, Transom-Bars, or Mullions; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved corner-post, transom-bar, ormullion for use in store-fronts, show-cases, and other places which shall be cheap, strong, compact, and durable; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating embodiments of the invention, Figure l. shows a cross-section of my improved construction where the glass panes lie in the' same plane. Fig. 2 shows a cross-section where the panes li'e in planes standing at more than a right angle to each other.

In the several views, 1 designates the wooden portion of a corner-post. This is preferably made in one piece but it can be made of several pieces suitably joined together. In Figs. l and 2 the inner side of the wooden portion ofthe post is shown to be cut out at opposite sides to form corners into which are seated separate angle-bars 2 2, one iange of each bar fitting in the seat, While the other projects outward laterally to form one side of a channel for the glass pane, as hereinafter described. These angle-bars are secured to the wooden portion of the post by any suitable means. In Fig. 1 they are shown as secured to the wood by means of a bolt i rivet 3 passed through the wood and connectin the angle-bars, while in Fig. 2 they are s own as connected to the wood by .screws 3a passing through the bars into the Wood.

4 4 designate additional b ars that are secured to the side. faces of the wooden ost at the outer side of tlxfglass, prefera ly' by means of screws 4a. One flange of each of these'angle-'bars 4 4 is placed flat against the iiat sidebf the woodei post, while the other projects laterally outward to"`form one side of the channel holding the glass, the projecting portion of the angle-bar 2 forming the other 'side of the channel, as before stated. The projecting flanges of the additional angle'- bars 4 4 may also be called stops I prefer to line the glass-receiving channel with a rubber, felt, or other cushioning materia 5.

In practice the outer side of the wooden post is rounded and has secured to'it .by means of screws a brass or other ornamental sheathing.

It will be observed that the angle-bars themselvesform glass-receivin channels and that by the disposition of 4t e angle-bars about the wooden post the structure ismade very strong without being bulky.` It will be further observed that this construction retains sufficient of the wood to form a firm base of attachment for the angle-bars and that the wooden bar is not only stiffened by the inner angle-bar that is secured in the rabbet, but is also stiffened by the angle-bar also forms one side of the channel. It will also be observed that by applicants construction'ordinary standard angle-bars, such as are common and abundant in the market, may be employed, thereby doing away with the necessity for special and expensive forms of bars.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Means for sepuring the edge of a glass pane comprising, 1n combination, a wooden bar, a metallic angle-bar attached to said wooden bar with one fiange to form the bottom or inner end'of a channel for the edge of the glass ane and the other projecting' therefrom to fdrm one side of the channel, and-a bar to form the opposite aide of the channel, both said bars beingadaptecLto stif'fen said wooden bar.

25j Means for securing the edge of-a glass pane comprising, in combination, a wooden bar having a rabbet in its side, a metallic an: le-bar attached to said wooden barwith one ange in said rabbet. and forming the bottom or inner end of a channel for the edge of the `om to formone side o the channe, and a Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

second angle-bar attached to said wooden at the outer side, which latter stiffening-bar IAQO ane and the other flan e proiecgin theresecond angle-bar ,hav'i g one ange ttded l N In testimony whereof I ax my signature to said Wooden bar 1n al plane beyond the 1n presence of two Witnesses.`

plane of attachment of the attached-'flange of l the Erst-mentioned angle-bar and itsother LUDWIG VON GERICH'TEN' Y 5 angeprojeeting to form the opposite side of Witnesses:

said channel, both said angle-bars adapted to GEO. M. FINCKEL, vrstien the Wooden bar. SAMUEL LATHAM. 

